Expertise

Methodologies

At Shift Learning, we put the client’s research objectives and decision points at the heart of what we do. We invest time into understanding our clients and offer a bespoke research design to meet their needs.

We currently offer the following methodologies, but are always innovating our offer:

Our qualitative work frequently makes creative use of projection techniques. These techniques allow our researchers to explore respondents’ subconscious attitudes which allow us to generate additional layers of insight, and aid our clients in further understanding their customer base.

Quantitative research

Shift Learning aims to bring to the education sector the kind of sophisticated approaches more often used by ‘blue chip’ companies. We use a range of advanced quantitative research techniques to help our clients, including:

Key driver analysis

MaxDiff

Conjoint studies

Structural equation modelling

Regression

Factor analysis

Cluster analysis and segmentation

Perceptual and brand mapping

Pricing techniques such as a Gabor Granger and van Westendorp.

Data can be collected via online surveys, postal surveys or field research with our team of face to face interviewers.

What we do.

Market Research

We are immersed in education issues every day and researching in this area is what we like to do. We conduct numerous mixed methodology research projects each year and know how to blend qualitative and quantitative work to give you results which are robust and impactful. Our experience with respondents from the education sector enables us to construct really effective research designs, devise great questions and write reports which give you real insights.

Website testing and digital consultancy

We understand digital. We’ve worked in digital publishing and development for over 12 years. We know how to research new digital ideas and test new digital products with real users. We conduct both online and face-to-face usability tests offering the flexibility to best meet the client’s needs. Face-to-face offers deeper insight while online enables regional and international work to be conducted efficiently.

The London Viewing Room

The London Viewing Room is Shift Learning’s own professional market research viewing facility, situated in The Maples Business Centre, Islington. The viewing room offers a relaxed and comfortable environment, addressing the needs of moderators and respondents alike, in order to carry out successful focus groups or user testing with ease.